Showing posts with label Law Enforcement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Law Enforcement. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

L.A. Gangs’ Hashtag Bet: Kill 100 People in 100 Days

By Kerry Picket, July 22, 2015 The Daily Beast

Under the hashtag #100Days100Nights, users on Instagram and Twitter are issuing a stark warning: Two Los Angeles gangs are betting which one can kill 100 people—in a gang, or innocent—within the next 100 days.

A law enforcement source confirmed the reports exclusively to The Daily Beast on Monday night.

The bet—which follows the death of “KP,” a member of the Rollin 100 gang—was allegedly made last week.

Gang members say it will remain “on” for 100 days straight—and innocent people driving between the streets of Western and Normandie in Los Angeles could be risking their lives over a game on Twitter.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

By David McCormack, Jul. 13, 2014, Dailymail.co.uk

One Florida police officer has been fired and another has resigned amid allegations that they are both members of a local branch of the Ku Klux Klan.

Fruitland Park police have confirmed that Deputy Chief David Borst, 49, resigned, while Officer George Hunnewell was dismissed on Friday after the allegations were made against the officers in a confidential FBI report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).

It isn't a criminal offense to be in the KKK, but local police chief Terry Isaacs said the document was given to him to consider how the allegations might affect the officers' credibility and the perception of the department in the community.

He told WFTV that while he had no proof or documentation the men were members; ‘I've read the report, and it's convincing.’

On Friday, Isaacs began preparing an internal investigation and put the men on administrative leave.

Borst, a veteran officer with more than 20 years of law enforcement service was also Fruitland Park's fire chief.

He denied involvement in the group but resigned both posts on Friday after requesting time to speak with his family.

Lsaacs asked the city manager for approval to fire Hunnewell based on a review of the officer’s record with the department.

He had been demoted from corporal in 2013 and received five ‘letters of counseling’ in the past year.

‘I just had no faith in him,’ Isaacs told the Orlando Sentinel.

Both officers names surfaced as part of an international probe being conducted by the FBI.

They turned the investigation over to the FDLE to look into the standards and ethics policies to see what action should be taken.

FDLE officials also agreed it wasn’t criminal and so referred the case to Isaacs.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

National Police Week takes place from May 11th to May 17th

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

The Memorial Service began in 1982 as a gathering in Senate Park of approximately 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. Decades later, the event, more commonly known as National Police Week, has grown to a series of events which attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers to our Nation's Capital each year.

View the full roll call of names of the 286 fallen law enforcement heroes added to the Memorial this year.


More information at:  www.policeweek.org

More information at:   www.nleomf.org

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